Staff Reporter :
Customs officials have detained a person with a large haul of foreign currencies worth around Tk 50 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday.
Of the amount 10,300 is Qatar Riyal, 2,400 Jordan Dinar, 7,950 Oman Riyal, 1,250 Bahrain Dinar, 49,700 UAE Dirham, and 3,850 Kuwaiti Dinar.
The detainee has been identified as Nizamul Haque Farayezi, 35, from Feni district, Customs official said.
Dr Moinul Khan, Director General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, said “A team of Customs officials conducted a drive in the airport area following information and arrested Nizamul when he was boarding a plane of Qatar Airways to go to Dubai around 2.00am.”
Nizamul was handed over to Airport Police after he was shown arrested in a case, the DG said.
He was being interrogated in this connection, he said.
